John Kerry can be absolutely ruthless. I would not want to be on his enemies list when he's ready to go after you.

Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said no.

I learned more about history and literature in the used bookstores in DC than in college libraries.

Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history.

John Kerry wants to be the hero in his own drama. He likes King Arthur and the Round Table. He likes the young swashbuckling Churchill, and he loved the early antics of Theodore Roosevelt.

I think Ronald Reagan is what happened....The age of Reagan brought conservatism into the mainstream....It also brought us the beginning of the new media-talk radio, the internet, cable television.

I have a lot of books I want to write.

Over the past four decades no reporter has critiqued the American South with such evocative sensitivity and bedrock honesty as Curtis Wilkie.

Animals interest me more than anything else.

If you're a Kennedy and you go to Italy or you go to Argentina, you're treated as royalty. And in the United States, we're endlessly fascinated by the family.

I feel like I'm always learning from people.

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don't see beyond that.

Einstein ... always spoke to me of Rutherford in the highest terms, calling him a second Newton.

I play golf - even though I'm awful at it.

I didnt want to write a book that suggested that magic good/technology bad.

The man who procrastinates is always struggling with misfortunes.

I've been booed on stages. I'm a little bit tougher than to walk off a stage because someone says something ugly.

My dad was a self-taught stride piano player. The myth is - I don't whether it's true or not - that he taught himself to play by watching a player piano.

The best revenge is to live well.

As we rise to meet the challenges that are a natural part of living, we awaken to our many undiscovered gifts, to our inner power and our purpose.